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Meet Bernadette, a proud Gwich’in, environmental activists and beautiful human. This week, Congress plans to fast track drilling in the Arctic Refuge by using special rules in the budget process. This bill will allow drilling in an area that is not only sacred to the Gwich'in Steering Committee but is the birthing grounds of the Porcupine Caribou Herd, which comprises 80% of people's food source. This is a food justice issue! The Gwich'in are already impacted by climate change, with their lands thawing at 3 times the rate they used to. And now, their very lives are on the brink with the threat to the caribou, their food source. They need your help, CALL.WRITE.DEFEND. (Link in bio) #arcticrefuge #protecttherefuge #stopdrillinginthearctic #stopdrilling #gwichin #alaska #gwichinnation (at Gwich'in Steering Committee)

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#Repost @loveone_project ・・・ #Rp @dlefler ・・・ Please watch. #Rp@savingthewaves ・・・ Ocean Noise Is Killing Whales, But We Know How to Quiet the Seas _____________________________________ 🔘#OceanFacts One morning, on a beach in the Bahamas, whale researcher Ken Balcomb discovered a stranded whale. With the help of assistants, he tried to push it out into deeper water, but it came back to shore. Then the researchers discovered another whale down the shore, and another. That day, 17 beaked whales—a species that normally lives in very deep water—showed up on beaches around the Bahamas, and died. Balcomb wanted to find out why. When he sent specimens of the whales to a lab, scans showed evidence of hemorrhaging around the brain, and blood around the ears. The problem, he eventually learned, was extreme noise—sonar tests from Navy warships had driven the whales to try to get out of the water. The story of the mass beaching, one of many around the world, is part of a new documentary called Sonic Sea, which explains how human sound is transforming life in the oceans. Over the last half century, as cargo shipping and deep sea oil exploration has increased, background noise in the ocean has doubled roughly every decade. _____________________________________#loveoneproject #stopdrilling #stopdrillinginthearctic #arctic #whales #ocean #weareone #whales #compassion